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Paete: Kape Kesada Art Gallery

Located on Paete's main road Quesada St, Kape Kesada is a house made from salvaged parts of old houses, brainchild of a dentist and a patron of Paete's budding artists. It's an exhibit venue for artists, mostly painters and sculptors, some of whom already carving a niche of their own or just starting to market their art creations.

Kape Kesada, an art gallery, is an artwork in itself with the walls painted by some of artists holding exhibits

Last Holy Week, Kape Kesada showcased works with Kuaresma theme to coincide with the season.

picture of the mural taken from inside (canon ixus 30)

At the gallery cum cafe, you may order coffee, tanglad juice (lemon grass), halo-halo and soon to be offered Kape Alamid/Kopi Luwak. Inside the area is also a Big Mak burger stand open 24 hours catering to Paete's nocturnal denizens.

the al fresco dining of the coffee shop cum art galleryhalo-halo at P35 only goes well with minani(Canon EOS 300D)

Kape Kesada has a mission, similar to Malabon's Bahay Parokyano to provide an exhibit area for young artists to showcase and sell their art works.

For now, Tutubi will just take a coffee break.

How to get to Kape Kesada:

the art gallery/coffee shop is just a few meters away from Rural Bank of Paete at Plaza Edesan (the commercial center of the town). It's about 400 meters from the town plaza and Parish of St. James (Paete Church). For those with vehicles, you may park your cars at Plaza Edesan then a short walk to the cafe/art gallery.

Note: Taking pictures is not allowed inside the gallery. Tutubi was able to take photos with permission from the owner but can't post them here without permission of the artists.

very quaint. lagi naffeature yang mga Paete residents sa TV because a lot of good artists are from there. sarap siguro na tambayan yan Kape Kesada Art Gallery. ang gaganda pa ng paintings! instead of the usual jazz or bossa nova music playing in the background, i can just imagine Filipino music playing. :)

I ve read somewhere in your blog that you are related to Bayani Rey Acala. Wow Tutubi I love his work!

As you know I took a break from blogging right now. I currently into collecting artwork (new found passion hehehe). Paete, your hometown has been my favorite art centers and I been there all weekend getting to know the artists and craftmen.